Wednesday, February 15, 2006

THOUGHTS ON STUFF

-Anyone who is a parent, and who has lived through the "terribletwos," probably experienced deja vu upon seeing NBC newspersonality David Gregory throwing a tantrum over the Cheney-hunting accident story. And they probably empathized with ScottMcClellan.

-I read over at Drudge's site that Madame Hillary finds the way inwhich information was released about the Cheney hunting accident"troubling." As troubling as perjury by a sitting president? Astroubling as unauthorized access to FBI files for political purposes?As troubling as campaign contributions from communist China? Astroubling as dozens of questionable last-minute pardons as paybackto supporters and donors from an outgoing president (and hiscandidate wife)? As troubling as the illegal transfer of technologyto communist China? As troubling as a thirty hour delayin releasing the suicide note of a senior administration aide? Moretroubling, no doubt. It was a hunting accident, after all.

-The cartoon riot in the Muslim world continues. The mainstreammedia has apprently lost interest in the story, or are busy withmore important things. This begs the question: If a tree falls inthe forest, and the American media isn't there to cover it, does itmake a sound? You bet your ass it does.

-Some snot-nosed punks at the University of Washington don't wanta memorial to UoW alum, and WW II fighter ace, Greg "Pappy"Boyington on campus. Maybe they have a point. A campus full ofwhiney, self-absorbed, left-wing asshats isn't good enough to havea memorial to a hero like Boyington.